Hacked Chapter 3--------- Precious Pain

                     

                  CHAPTER THREE

                     Precious Pain

"People who heard about the incident told me not to take the matter up, especially involving the police, for my daughter's sake, she might be tagged and her image might be tarnished. She was still menstruating even three months after the incident, and so I was not so worried about the possibility of pregnancy. Little do I know she was pregnant. Her tommy was looking flat. The first symptom she exhibited came after she was four months gone, when her period was missing. The fear of loosing another child gripped me, when the thought of terminating her pregnancy ran through my mind,  My daughter had a very good body, she never fell ill, vomited nor felt anyhow during all these periods. Her tommy began to swell after her pregnancy had reached like six months, and so she had to stop school. We went looking for Ifeanyi but all our efforts were futile. All through this time, she fell into depression, she talked less and she laughed less. I do not know what was going on in her mind, until one day. My daughter woke me up in the middle of the night and she told me, " I am too ashamed of what has happened to me, I will bear the burden of carrying this pregnancy but I can't bear raising a child without a father" she said, as tears were rolling out of her eyes. "Mother, I can't allow this child to live". She said this statements over and over again. I did everything I could to calm her down but she wouldn't listen. She then made me to promise her, that the child will not be part of our future. Yes I did promised her. I told her that the child will not be a part of our future. I told her that, after delivering the baby, we will feed it with pap mixed with detergents. It will die before dawn. The act will done in the middle of the night so no one will know nor be able to suspect us. It was after I said this, that she was able to sleep. She often reminds me, that hope our plan is still intact and I will always tell her not to worry, we will execute the plans.
On the delivery day, we arrived at the clinic around 4pm in the afternoon. She laboured until midnight, it was around 1am the baby was delivered. The midwife told me, my daughter is  very strong, she fought with her life to keep the baby alive. We were discharged in the morning. People who heard about the news came to felicitate with us, many brought gifts, money and foodstuffs. All of them were praising Sameera, for being strong and brave, they were also praying for her that God will help her to raise the child. All through this time, Sameera was silent, she spoke no word, even to her experiences in the labour room, she never shared. I was worried
she would harm the baby behind me, so I made sure I had the baby close to me all day. When the night came, for us to execute our plans as said. I have had the pap mixed with detergent ready. I made sure Hammed had gone to bed before summoning my daughter. She sat in front of me and I held her child. I then told her that it is time to do as we have planned, but before then, she has to tell me about her experiences in the labour room. She broke into tears as she knelt down and said " Mother, it was painful and hurting, I endured the pain because I had the belief that there is a reward after. This child is my reward, mother. I can't throw it away. Mother, the pain became precious when I saw her brought out of me"....

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